Power Plants

From 26 August to 1 September, Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) saw the highest rooftop and utility-scale solar PV contribution across the 2024 winter period.

The Bureau of Land Management has proposed using 31 million acres of public land for the development of solar PV across 11 US western states.

The US distributed solar sector added 808,349 new operational systems in 2023, a record figure for a 12-month period.

A report from Ember estimates that 39GW of agriPV could be deployed above shade-benefitting crops such as berries.

The Australian government's latest Energy Update 2024 report has revealed that large-scale solar PV power generation has grown more than 20-fold in the last six years.

Solar project developer Lightsource bp has commenced construction of its 168MW Kōwhai Park solar PV project in Christchurch, New Zealand, days after securing financing.

Axpo will offtake a combined 1,500GWh of solar PV and wind power annually from RWE Renewables Poland’s 628MW capacity project portfolio.

Coined as Europe’s largest agriPV park by the companies, the Klimapark Steinhöfel spans over 500 hectares of land and eight districts in Brandenburg, eastern Germany.

Ontario’s request for proposal will seek nearly all technologies – solar PV, wind, nuclear, natural gas, biomass and hydroelectric – while limiting solar PV’s deployment on agricultural land.

US renewable energy developer Arevon has begun construction on the 251MW Gibson solar PV project in Gibson County, Indiana.